A decade after horrific beating, former college student Ryan Diviney dies

For nearly a decade, Ryan Diviney existed in a vegetative state, a beating heart inside a paralyzed body, the result of a being kicked in the head during a catastrophic beating that altered the course of his young life and the lives of those who loved him.
His father, Ken, who after the attack quit his job to devote himself to Ryan's daily care at home, was beside him when his son died Saturday, at age 29, while they drove to a hospital in Winchester, Virginia.
The Divineys, who reside in Ashbur